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GB-24 Sun and Moon
日月 〔日月〕 rì yuè
Alternate names: 胆募 dǎn mù, Gallbladder Alarm; 神光 shén guāng, Spirit Light
Channel: GB, foot lesser yáng (shào yáng) gallbladder channel
Modern location: An acupoint located on the chest, in the seventh intercostal space, as close to the midclavicular line as the costal cartilage will allow.
Classical location: Five fēn below Cycle Gate (LR-14). From
Local anatomy: The 7th intercostal artery and vein. The 7th intercostal nerve.
Action: Courses gallbladder and qì; transforms damp-heat; harmonizes the central burner.
Modern indications: Retching and vomiting; acid swallowing;
Classical indications: Pain in the ribs;
Needle stimulus: Needling: 0.3‒0.5 cùn oblique insertion. Moxa: 5 cones; pole 10‒20 min.
Point groups: Alarm point (mù xué) of the gallbladder; intersection point (jiāo huì xué) of the gallbladder and spleen channels.
Point name meaning:
The sun represents yáng and the moon yin. alarm (mù) points are located on the yīn [side of the body].
Thus, alarm (mù) points are yīn in nature, while this particular one is located on a yáng channel.
Classical Chinese texts call the left eye sun and the right eye moon. The eyes are associated with the liver, and, through exterior-interior relationship, with the gallbladder. This name Sun and Moon reflects the relation of
The gallbladder governs decision making, and this point can facilitate clarity of thought. The Chinese word for clear
is 明 (míng), which is a composite made up of the characters for sun (日) and moon (月). Thus, just as the sun and moon make things clear on earth, this point can help to make things clear in the psyche.
Both the liver and the gallbladder are associated with the wood phase, in turn associated with the east. The sun and moon rising in the east can be correlated to the gallbladder and liver, and provide another association for the naming of this point as Sun and Moon.
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